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ABSTRACT

ASSET_A_251: ALOAF (Asset Library Open Architecture Framework)
The STARS Asset Library Open Architecture Framework (ALOAF)
facilitates the exchange of reusable assets among diverse libraries and
facilitates the construction of reuse tools that are portable between
asset libraries. The asset interchange objective focuses the STARS ALOAF
upon the information needed to systematically organize and describe
assets stored within an asset library. The ALOAF addresses the
interchange of assets and their associated asset descriptions and model
information through the ALOAF Data Modeling and Asset Interchange
Specification. The portable reuse tools objective focuses the STARS
ALOAF upon the asset library services and standard interfaces needed by
reuse-based library tools. The ability to create portable reuse-based
library tools is addressed by the ALOAF Service Model along with their
ALOAF Programmatic Interfaces.
Asset interchange and asset service interfaces are critical
elements in achieving a broader objective - asset libraries which
interoperate to such an extent that the boundaries between individual
libraries become invisible to the end user. In general terms, this is
the STARS vision of "seamless" library interoperation.

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